A northern Wisconsin tribe is seeking a change to its air quality status under federal law. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Air Management Program Director Bart Sponseller said the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is applying for Class I air status under the Clean Air Act. “This is...

Although he now says he will sign right-to-work legislation currently being fast-tracked through the state Legislature, Gov. Scott Walker had long asserted that Wisconsin would not become a right-to-work state under his watch.

At a news conference at the state Capitol on Monday, student leaders asserted that cuts to the UW System's budget could impact scholarship funds, disproportionately affecting low-income and minority students.